Threat’s Saudi to countries that support the international investigation into Yemeni’s crimes

Agencies September 27; reported by France-Press at Tuesday that Saudi Arabia has threatened to take measures to undermine economic relations with countries that support a United Nations resolution to open an international investigation into Yemeni’s crimes.
Council members are considering a Dutch-Canadian draft resolution calling for an international commission of inquiry support by the United Nations to crimes in Yemen.

According to France-Press agency, a letter to Saudi Arabia said that “the adoption of the Dutch-Canadian draft in the Human Rights Council could negatively affect on political and economic relations with Saudi Arabia.”

And added that Saudi Arabia would not accept the Dutch-Canadian draft resolution, and called for greater support for the internal Yemeni investigation “formed by the alliance of aggression against Yemen,” which the United Nations says that lacks credibility.

On the other hand, the director of Human Rights Watch in Geneva, who also read the document sent to several countries, described the Saudi hints as “disgraceful.”
John Fisher told France-Press: “It is offensive that Saudi Arabia seeks to use the threat of economic and political sanctions against countries in order to not support this type of international investigation that may put an end to violations.”

“Arab coalition forces have bombed hospitals, markets, homes and funerals. Now is the time for the international community to say enough,” he said.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein has practiced repeatedly pressed in the Human Rights Council to begin an independent inquiry about Yemeni’s crimes, where Saudi Arabia has been waging a war against Yemen since March 26, 2015.

Independent civilian statistics in Saudi Arabia committed crimes in Yemen and resulted in the deaths of more than 34,072 people, including more than 12,907 civilians, including 2,768 children and 1,980 women, and at least 21,165 civilians, including 2,598 children and 2,149 women in 900 days of its aggression against Yemen.

The statistics also estimated the death of at least 50,000 Yemeni citizens, children, the wounded, the sick and the chronically ill, by the siege imposed on Yemen, which resulted in the lack of basic needs, medicines and medical services.

The Saudi bombing destroyed most of the infrastructure in Yemen. The direct bombing targeted 15 airports, 17 ports and 1941 between a road and a bridge.

The Ministry of Human Rights confirmed at the end of last August that 10 thousand and 373 Yemeni citizens were killed by the direct bombing of the coalition of aggression, while the number of those who died as a result of the aggression and siege of 247 thousand citizens due to lack of medicines and the spread of epidemics and malnutrition and kidney failure.

Saudi Arabia, which is leading the war against Yemen with US support, has able to prevent the opening of an international investigation into the crimes against the Yemeni people. It also prevents international media from reaching to Yemen.